rise of empire total war

Chapter 197 The First Frontier Battle

A certain plain on the border between the Kingdom of Winster and the Republic of Kunia.

The warm spring day shone on the earth. Under the sunshine, the banners of the Winster Kingdom army were flying, and the armor and weapons of countless people reflected the dazzling cold light.

Corresponding to this black and yellow military formation is the garrison fortress of the Republic of Kunia, which is dominated by white and green. Facing the sudden attack of the Kingdom of Winster, the fortress became chaotic, and the soldiers hurriedly put on their clothes. armor, took up their weapons, and ran to their posts on the fence, looking nervously at the enemy outside.

They have reason to be nervous, because their army only has more than 28 people, while the enemy standing on the plain outside has nearly [-] elite soldiers, and even [-] terrifying trebuchets.

The commander of the Republic of Kunia, Somjet Christian, came soon after hearing the news. He stood on the wall and looked at the huge enemy army formation outside, with a serious face. Beside him were the other nine generals of the legion. These nine generals and Somjet together form the Council of Ten Generals, which decides the combat order of the legion (of course, Somjet is still the supreme commander of the legion, and the nine generals are considered deputy generals).

The Council of Ten Generals is not a specialty of the Republic of Cunha. In fact, this so-called product of democracy comes from the Osa Peninsula across the sea from the Vardasia Peninsula, and is used by many city-states on the Osa Peninsula. The Republic of Cunha Just learn from the former.

"General Somjet, I don't think it's a wise choice to stay in the fortress." A general in the Council of Ten Generals said with the same solemn expression.

"Yes, the Winsters have terrifying catapults. If we stick to the fortress, we can only be beaten passively. It's better to go out and fight." Another person echoed.

Listening to their words, Somjet shook his head and said: "As you can see, the number of enemy troops far exceeds ours, and most of them are elite veterans who fought with Richard. On the other hand, we The soldiers here have not participated in many large-scale wars, and what they often face are domestic bandits and thieves, how can they defeat them?"

"I am very aware of your concerns, but it is not wise to stick to the fortress." The general who spoke at the beginning continued: "The enemy's trebuchets can easily destroy our walls and the morale of our soldiers. At that time, Not only did our army lose the wall that could be defended, but its morale was far lower than that of the enemy army, making it even more difficult to defeat the enemy."

"I still don't agree to leave the safer fortress and fight the enemy in the field, General Pavlos." Somjet still insisted on his tactics and had no plans to change them.

"In this case, let the Council of Ten Generals vote. I believe that the generals can choose the most suitable tactics." The general named Pavlos suggested, and his proposal was subsequently agreed by others, so Som Jeter could only reluctantly agree.

"Generals, please agree to a show of hands vote on taking the initiative to fight the Winsters."

As soon as Somjet finished speaking, six people except him raised their hands. Looking at the six generals, Somjet was a little dumbfounded.

Seeing the other five generals supporting him, Pavlos raised his mouth slightly and said, "General Somjet, there are six generals who agree to take the initiative to attack, please give an order."

Now, Somjet has no choice but to order the whole army to attack. Although he is the supreme commander of the whole army, due to the laws of the Republic, he can only succumb to the result of the vote of the Council of Ten Generals .

"You will kill the entire legion." He didn't say this sentence, he knew that if he said it, he would completely offend the six generals - the forces behind them are not kind, If something is caught, his family will be attacked politically.

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As the dull horn sounded in the garrison fortress, the heavily armed Cunha soldiers walked out of the gate in an orderly manner, and walked outside to the unnamed plain.Each of them is dissatisfied with the orders given by the commander. The number of enemies is obviously higher than that of their own side. Isn't it courting death to leave the safe fortress and fight the enemy without preparation?

Riding on the back of his favorite horse, Charles, the commander of the Winster army, was very happy to see this scene happen. Although the army was equipped with 28 trebuchets, which greatly reduced the difficulty of attacking, he still liked to have a fair game Field battles, crushing the enemy head-on with strength, this is in line with his character as a Nordic.

"Order Catapults and Siege Scales to prepare, free fire after bringing the enemy within range!"

"The general has an order, the catapults and the siege scales are free to fire!"

After Charles passed the order to the orderly around him, the orderly immediately raised his voice and shouted to the sky. His shout pierced through the clouds and echoed over the entire Winster Kingdom army formation.

"Measure the range and prepare to load the ammunition!"

"Come on! Come on, you bloody pig!"

After receiving the order, the roar and scolding of the officers quickly sounded on the trebuchet position. Under the scolding of the officers, the soldiers adjusted the trebuchet as quickly as possible. After the calibration was completed, several shirtless men showed their explosive muscles. The soldiers worked together to lift the heavy stone into the skin bag at the end of the throwing arm. Then, one soldier scooped up a spoonful of kerosene and poured it on the stone, and the other soldier lit the stone with a torch. The next second , the mechanism was activated, and burning stones were thrown into the sky.

What a frightening scene that was!In the clear sky, more than [-] burning fireballs dragged the black tail flames across the sky, whistling and smashed towards the moving Cunha Army formation. In just a few seconds, The fireball fell into the dense crowd, and the soldiers at the landing point disappeared instantly, while the surrounding soldiers were engulfed in flames, screaming miserably.

"shooting!"

boom!
The second round of fireballs struck again. With the first round of shooting as the standard, this round of fireballs was more accurate, and most of them fell into the crowd. Countless soldiers were crushed by the fireball without a trace, and the deadly flames burned to their heart's content. Holding the bodies of the Cunha soldiers, they screamed and ran wildly. The flames on their bodies were like devil's tentacles, entangled and devoured the fresh life.

Facing the catapult attack of the Winster Kingdom Army, the Kunians accelerated their advance and quickly entered the range of the archers. The moment the enemy entered the range, the archers and crossbows standing in front of the melee infantry The soldiers raised their crossbows one after another, and under the scolding of the officers, they fired a volley. A round of black arrow rain rose from the Winster army formation, and fell into the running Cunha after drawing a beautiful arc in the air. Legions, but most of them were blocked by their high-raised shields, which clanged on the shields, then bounced off and fell to the ground, broken by booted feet.

After the Winster archers shot, the Cunyan archers immediately launched a counterattack. The arrows they shot hit the Winster archers army like a storm, and soon let the civilians without armor defense Hands and Nordic archers suffered heavy losses and had to withdraw into the line of defense composed of Nordic swordsmen and sword and spear militia.

And at this moment, the infantry of the Republic of Kunia advanced to a distance of less than 50 meters from the defense line of the Winster Army!

A bloody battle is slowly kicking off!

(End of this chapter)